( 97) I 1 ' . 3· He · feels. tne: Help of · the . Lord.; ·~ When tfto hand of the Lord ts upon htn1,1-ft! feels alCo the hand of the Lord· under hin1 , unrlernearh. r.h·e e'Ver.lajfing arms, De.ut. 3 2. 'l7. · · · · · · The Gofpd,as it h~t~ allotted him .m~ny ·Tribu~, lations,fo it hath allowed himmighty s·upports. A. mighty G9d,who is c he rock of ages, Ifa. 26. amerci– ·ful bight PrieJl-:~~ho ,being ten1pttd hirbfelf, is able _ ·alto to ftlccour thofe that are t'emp~.ed, He-b. 2 •. t8. · · pretiozw Promi[es, 2 Pet•t. graGioU~_ experiences, Rom. 5· 4· pati~nce work,.eth expetintf{e. This·laft fupporr, -[experience] 'f.tach all the reft in it. Experience is the whole Gofpel prove~. A patient, experienced , .Chriflianihath proved all things,whatchey are;bath ,proved the World, and ~vhat it is, and the worft it .can do : hath proved the Word~ andwhat .there is ,iu it : hat h proved what God is' ; what ,Ghrill: is, what ,grace, and peace, and a good Confcience are: .Tri.bul,ation often takes awayGod,and his Gofpel; and we never fo we,ll prove wh~t God is; as when we ~av~ hin1 alone;what grace is,whac a good Con– fcience is,a~ ,when we have no_thing elfe lefc us.Qur Religion nev.er . filew~ fo much what.is in it, as when it's moft put to it.When the Adverfary bath gotten the greatefi adV4il11tage of us ; of the Sun, of the Wirid.; · of the Ground ; when:,he preff.ed with ·rnoft viol~nce,with moll: fury uponus, the a we belt know, )Vh-a't the '~eapon~ of, our Warfare are;.; . The corrt* forts and fupports ofR.eligionlare not kn'own,eithe~ of wbat firength,or of wh"t fweetrtefs they are, till ~ they are thus pl'oved" Hezekjah had never fuch a t~ft of hisin~egricy, a.s when · he r.eceived the 1\fef• fage df deat'h.~ S.tephe1J had never fucn a fight·ofHea• ·VetlJ as t~i'OU&h a -!tormof fi:onese Chrift is ne~er ftJ ' · · H , fw~fi~ ' · ,, \
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